John Kendrick Blogg (1851-1936), a carved eucalypt floral panel,…
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John Kendrick Blogg (1851-1936), a carved eucalypt floral panel, signed and dated 1921 rectangular, carved in high relief with an elongated spray of golden Wattle on a leafy branch, within a blackwood surround, incised signature and date lower right, the panel 29 x 20 cm; the surround 44 x 34 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne Estate of the late T.S Harrison. Note: Listed in M. Morgan, Legacy in Sculptured Wood, Marjorie Morgan Publications, 1993, p. 54, catalogue no. 78. T.S Harrison was a chemist
blackwood. One of the best known and most widely used Australian timbers, blackwood is a member of the Acacia (wattle) family and grows in eastern Australia from about Adelaide in South Australia, as far north as Cairns in Queensland.
The largest, straightest and tallest trees come from the wet forest and swamps of north-west Tasmania where it is grown commercially.
Blackwood timber colours range across a wide spectrum, from a very pale honey colour through to a dark chocolate with streaks of red tinge. However, the straight grain timber is not the most prized or valuable, that honour falls to blackwood with a wavy, fiddleback pattern, which is used both in the solid and as a veneer. Fiddleback was only used on the finest examples of furniture.
The timber became popular for furniture-making around 1880 and its use has continued in limited quantities to the present time.
incised. A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
The buyers premium is an additional percentage charge on the hammer price of the item, imposed by the auction house to cover administrative costs. The buyers premium percentage varies between auction houses, with a range of 12.5% to 22%.
